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Subject: Re: first welder purchase Mig or Stick???

Author:
Wayne Asher

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Date Posted: 13:27:38 02/15/04 Sun
In reply to: mac@hi-pointe weld eqpt repair 's message, "Re: first welder purchase Mig or Stick???" on 16:24:31 12/02/03 Tue

I recently decided to purchase a small, inexpensive welder just to get my feet wet and start learning to weld. Everything I have read indicates that wire feed welding is easier to learn, but I decided on a stick welder for one reason.

Because I'm on a fixed income and don't have much money to spend on a hobby, I want to keep my initial investment low. I decided on a stick welder because, although mig and flux core machines are also available cheap, I worry that a cheap wire feed welder would be prone to problems with the added mechanical feed system, especially with low cost, import equipment.

Granted, I an NOT a welder (yet), but I do have a background in manufacturing, so I feel that a simpler machine is probably more robust for the money. I also feel that if I can learn to stick weld, I should have few problems crossing over to a wire welder in the future (I hope).

I welcome any comments from experienced welders on this subject.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: first welder purchase Mig or Stick???	Lance Reeves	07:32:00 02/13/07 Tue
Re: first welder purchase Mig or Stick??? -- Dan hill, 04:20:15 11/03/07 Sat